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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 91 · 40 questions
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Engineer's tip (Problem first, then solution): Engineered things are designed and built by people; natural things are made by nature. Every invention meets a need: ask “what problem goes away when we have it?”. Scientists ask why things happen; engineers ask how to build something useful.

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  1. 1.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a train (c) a lift (d) a dam
  2. 2.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a rainbow (c) a ceiling fan (d) a volcano
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a banyan tree (c) a lift (d) a waterfall
  5. 5.Which need does a lift meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) store water for summer (c) reach a top floor fast (d) make power from sunlight
  6. 6.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a mobile phone (c) a mountain (d) a cloud
  7. 7.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) store water for summer (b) cross a wide river (c) see very tiny things (d) talk to someone far away
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  9. 9.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  11. 11.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a volcano (c) a seashell (d) a bridge
  12. 12.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) music (c) cooking (d) dance
  13. 13.Which need does a dam meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) go through a mountain (c) store water for summer (d) carry many people far
  14. 14.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bicycle (b) a mountain (c) a seashell (d) a river
  16. 16.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a lift (c) a dam (d) a bridge
  17. 17.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a bridge (c) a dam (d) a lift
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a water filter (c) a mobile phone (d) a seashell
  21. 21.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a lift (c) a waterfall (d) a coral reef
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  23. 23.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) who won the match? (c) what is for lunch? (d) how can we build it?
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a satellite (c) a mountain (d) a river
  25. 25.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a rainbow (b) a bicycle (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
  26. 26.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a road that floods (c) a boring story (d) a lost cricket match
  27. 27.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  29. 29.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a solar panel (c) a fridge (d) a bridge
  30. 30.True or false: a lift is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a cloud (c) a mobile phone (d) a railway track
  32. 32.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a bicycle (c) a rainbow (d) a ceiling fan
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a river (c) a banyan tree (d) a seashell
  36. 36.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a satellite (c) a dam (d) a coral reef
  38. 38.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  39. 39.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) carry many people far (b) talk to someone far away (c) make water safe to drink (d) make power from sunlight
  40. 40.True or false: a tunnel helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. a telephone
  2. True
  3. a ceiling fan
  4. a lift
  5. reach a top floor fast
  6. a mobile phone
  7. see very tiny things
  8. made by engineers
  9. True
  10. made by engineers
  11. a bridge
  12. science
  13. store water for summer
  14. True
  15. a bicycle
  16. a bridge
  17. a tunnel
  18. made by engineers
  19. made by engineers
  20. a seashell
  21. a lift
  22. found in nature
  23. how can we build it?
  24. a satellite
  25. a rainbow
  26. a road that floods
  27. True
  28. found in nature
  29. a train
  30. True
  31. a cloud
  32. True
  33. True
  34. a rainbow
  35. a railway track
  36. False
  37. a coral reef
  38. made by engineers
  39. make power from sunlight
  40. False

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